Mexico: The Passing of Indigenous Rights Supporter Bishop Samuel Ruiz · Global Voices
Silvia Viñas

Bishop Samuel Ruiz passed away this morning. Tim Johnson explains: “Ruiz […] started the Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center out of his  diocese, and played an instrumental role in keeping the Zapatista  uprising  that erupted in 1994 from flaring into broader violence.  Ruiz’s work on behalf of indigenous peoples caused his renown to spread  around the hemisphere.”